Outside Laizhou, tens of thousands of rebels are in a dilemma. Enter, Laizhou is unbreakable; Retreat, Dengzhou has been lost. The so-called no way out in front and no way out in the back is the best portrayal of the tens of thousands of rebels here.

There is no way out or second, and even worse, there is no food.

The rebels' grain and grass were all transported from Dengzhou, and in addition to this, they plundered the countryside (this part of the income was limited), tens of thousands of people gathered together, people ate horses and chewed, and the daily consumption of grain and grass was amazing.

The last time the last supply of grain and grass was the time when Kong Youde came from Dengzhou to reinforce him, and he thought that he could use the deception to deceive Laizhou City, so Kong Youde did not bring much grain and grass, only enough for half a month, and even if he wanted to bring more, there was not so much food in Dengzhou City. Even if there is, you can't bring it all, first, it is inconvenient to transport, and secondly, there are women and family members in the city who have been snatched with great difficulty.

I thought that this time I would be able to deceive Liu Yulie and Gao Qiqian, and successfully deceive Laizhou City, who knew that Xie Lian and Zhu Wannian died in their heads, one bit his tongue and committed suicide in front of the city, and the strange soldiers failed to seize the city, and now even Lao Wo Dengzhou has been lost, where will tens of thousands of people go, and they are really worried about Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng.

The morale of the army has been in turmoil, the main force of the rebels is the Dongjiang Liao soldiers, most of the relatives of the Liao soldiers are in Dengzhou, and they know that they are in a desperate situation, except for those outlaws who are bent on fighting to the death, most of them began to consider whether to choose another way. Some officers even began to privately send people back to Dengzhou to make an agreement to surrender to the Ming army, but the soldiers' approach was very straightforward - they left the camp at night and ran away.

The rebels are strong, and when they sweep all the way, the top and bottom are naturally united, and it is not false to say that they are working together. But once he is defeated and his nest is eliminated, everyone must calm down and think about whether this black road is worth going to the end.

Now the rebels still have tens of thousands of horses, and there are more than 10,000 soldiers who can fight, and it is not really a touch of a crush, so it is the best time to contact the official army to surrender to Cheng now, otherwise it will not be worth much to wait for the official army to come up and then surrender to Cheng.

As the backbone, the Dongjiang Liao soldiers are unstable, and the rabble of those attached to them can be imagined, from the news of the loss of Dengzhou to today, thousands of people have been run away one after another. Seeing that if the chaos continues like this, without the Ming army fighting, their own family will hang themselves and wipe their necks, Kong Youde, Li Jiucheng, and Geng Zhongming were anxious, and hurriedly pulled out the descendants who were still loyal to them from the army and stationed them on the periphery of the camp, trapping those unstable soldiers and horses in the middle, and killing hundreds of deserters to shock people's hearts. But the situation in the camp burned like dry wood and fire, and no one knew when the pot would boil.

The quartermaster in charge of grain and grass is Kong Youde's brother-in-law, but he has complained bitterly in front of Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng more than once, saying that the grain and grass in the camp will last a few more days at most, and by then, tens of thousands of people will have no grain left. Whether to advance or retreat, you have to ask your brother-in-law and Dashuai to make an idea as soon as possible, otherwise, it will be a big disaster.

How did Li Jiucheng not know what the food shortage meant to the rebels, according to his original intention, the moment he learned that Dengzhou was lost, the army should immediately return to Dengzhou, instead of waiting outside the city of Laizhou. It doesn't matter if you can't take Laizhou, if you don't have Dengzhou, then there is really no way to go to heaven and no way to go down.

Mao Chenglu also advocated returning to Dengzhou immediately, but Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming advocated not moving. To be precise, it is not to stand still, but to be really cared for.

Kong Youde also has a card in his hand, that is, Zhong Fu and Deng Bo, two eunuchs.

"The battle can't be fought anymore, and the only thing that can save everyone's lives right now is really down."

Kong Youde strongly advocated surrendering immediately, Geng Zhongming had no opinion on this, without the support of Dengzhou, Geng Zhong knew that this rebellion would be over. Now is not the day when Kong Youde had an incident in Wuqiao, with 800 people who could crisscross the North Zhili, and beat the soldiers and horses of the three provinces of North Zhili, Denglai, and Shandong to flee.

At that time, he was unexpected, and he was deceived by all soft-footed shrimp soldiers, and he made quick decisions, not dragging mud and water at all, and there were not so many bottles of good concerns, he said he would go, he would fight when he said he would fight, and he couldn't frown at all. Right now, where can it be so refreshing.

According to the family members who fled from Dengzhou, the Ming army that entered Dengzhou fought under the banner of Jinzhou, and the leader was Shi Dayong, a general of Jinzhou.

Who Shi Dayong is, all the rebel generals are clear, not to mention his bloody bravery in Dalinghe, Jinzhou and Dongyu, let's just say that the two battles of Shahe and Xiaoguanzhuang, the strong combat effectiveness shown by the Jinzhou army is reminiscent of all fears.

Kong Youde, Li Jiucheng, and Geng Zhongming were all born in the Liao army, and naturally knew the strength of the Liao army outside the Lu Dao Pass, and now they have suffered the great hardships of Shi Dayong's Jinzhou army, so they are naturally reluctant to go back to the division to touch Dengzhou City, which is guarded by the Jinzhou army.

Surrender, surrender on the spot, Liu Yulie, Gao Qiqian, Lin Qitai, no matter who it is, as long as you are willing to surrender, surrender immediately!

Kong Youde decided to really surrender, Li Jiucheng also agreed, Geng Zhongming had no opinion, although Mao Chenglu had other ideas, he didn't dare to face Kong Youde, so he could only take one step at a time.

However, something happened that made Kong Youde want to cry and laugh again, and this time, no one believed that he had really descended.

Zhong Fu and Deng Bo were like frightened birds, Zhu Wannian's severed head corpse and the blood spurting out of Xie Lian's mouth had already frightened these two fathers-in-law into not daring to mention the word "fu" anymore, so no matter how Kong Youde expressed his stance and persuaded them, their heads shook like rattles, and they didn't have the slightest idea of being lobbyists for them. still begged for mercy, asking Kong Youde and them to stop playing them as monkeys.

Li Jiucheng was angry, drew his knife and pretended to cut them, but these two fathers-in-law were stunned, and they actually said that they would die or die, they were finally loyal slaves and maids on the side of the Son of Heaven, and the emperor's grace was mighty, they were loyal to the country, and the Son of Heaven would treat their family well. But if you are deceived by them again and commit a big disaster, it will not be a matter of your own head, and you can't say that the brothers and nephews in your hometown will also lose their heads. has a eunuch in his own family, and he has no heirs to continue, so he can't even involve a few brothers, and he has cut off his own incense.

couldn't buff these two eunuchs to be lobbyists for them, Kong Youde was also anxious, so he could only send someone to the camp of the Xiaoguan Zhuang Ming Army to ask to see the supervisor Liu Yulie, but the news was that Liu Yulie was dismissed from his post and sent to Beijing, and the new governor Zhu Dadian was still on the way to Xiaoguanzhuang.

This road was impassable, so I had to go to Gao Qiqian again, and this time, the envoy couldn't even enter the camp gate. The eunuch sent by Gao Qiqian only said to him: "As long as you sacrifice the heads of Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde, the court will really believe that you want to surrender!" ”

Surrender and surrender, in order to save your life, if you don't even have your life, you will give him a egg!

Li Jiucheng jumped like thunder, so he wanted to gather the generals, gather the elite soldiers, kill the petty official Zhuang Mingjun, and pull out the bird gelding goods of Gao Qiqian and castrate it again!

The father and son were connected, Li Jiucheng jumped, Li Yingyuan went to prepare seriously, and at the critical time, it was Kong Youde who came forward to appease the two fathers and sons.

The matter must be resolved, and it can no longer be delayed outside Laizhou City, and what to do in the end, we must take a charter.

Kong Youde, Li Jiucheng, Geng Zhongming, Li Yingyuan, Mao Chenglu, Geng Zhongyi, Li Zhongfu and others all arrived in Li Jiucheng's big tent, and they wanted to find a way out for themselves.

A group of people quarreled for a long time, some said that they would continue to attack Laizhou, some said that they would go out of their way to fight with the Ming army in Xiaoguanzhuang, and some said that they would immediately return to Dengzhou.

After arguing for half an hour, Mao Chenglu suddenly stood up and pointed to the east with an angry face: "According to me, since the Ming Dynasty doesn't want us, let's go to the east!" ”